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Game #3649

Aston Villa

Wednesday, 23 September 1981

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Drew

17th (-3)

Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Division One

Stoke

Villa Park

Attendance: 25,637

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

Aston Villa (Champions)

2-2

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Stoke City

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Assist(s) | Dennis Mortimer | 38' | Terry Donovan | 46' |

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Wednesday, 23 September 1981

⚽ | 38’ Goal, 1-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Dennis Mortimer
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Stoke City
⚽ | 46’ Goal, 2-0, Peter Withe, Assist by Terry Donovan
🥅 | 64’ Goal, 2-1, (Stoke City), Peter Griffiths
🥅 | 66’ Goal, 2-2, (Stoke City, pen), Paul Maguire
🔁 | Sub off, Ken McNaught, Sub on, Andy Blair
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 Stoke City

Match Statistics

Not recorded

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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ON THIS DAY

Wednesday, 23 September 1981

Reigning Champions Villa are unbeaten in four League games but they now have just one win, three draws and two defeats in their title defence as they drop to 17th in the table.

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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Aston Villa

League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1980-81

Stoke

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League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

Aston Villa

Stoke

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season: 1981-82
Matchday: #8
League Match: #6
Manager Game: #367
Wednesday, 23 September 1981

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🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Birkenhead, 1974-1982
Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1976-1982
HT Score: 1-0
FT Result: Drew
FT Score: 2-2
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟨

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 367 | 🟩 | 167 🟨 | 101 🟥 99 | 1.64

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Terry Morris | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Rotherham, 1976-1982
Matches Officiated: 3
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 1
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 April 1981, Villa 4-2 Leicester, Filbert Street.
Cards: 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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None

🟨 🟨

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Ron Saunders names an unchanged line up.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.16 |

Oldest Player |
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.64 |

Youngest Player |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.48 |

Referee
Manager

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

MANAGER

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 1974-1982

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Aston Villa

GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Des Bremner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
W Tony Morley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Terry Donovan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |

MANAGER

Richie Barker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Stoke

GK Peter Fox | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Peter Hampton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
D Denis Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ray Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Bracewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Peter Griffiths | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Paul Maguire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Adrian Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Lee Chapman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Brendan O'Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |

Line Ups

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Andy Blair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

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No Substitutions Made

Substitutes

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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F Loek Ursem | 🇳🇱 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES

STARTING XI

* This Game

Game
Start
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red
GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

Game
Sub
Goal
Assist
Win
Draw
Loss
Goal Conceded
Clean Sheet
Yellow
Red

UNUSED

Unused
Squad Bios

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/12

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/12

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

UNAVAILABLE

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LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH QUOTES

Quotes

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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MATCH REPORTS

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Reports

🟨 23 September 1981, Villa 2-2 Stoke, Villa Park.

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